Nagpur Tax Defaulters: Just 106 of 460,000 Properties Targeted
NAGPUR: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has commenced property auction proceedings against only 106 defaulters, which represents a negligible 0.002% of the 460,000 property owners who failed to pay their taxes during the 2024-25 fiscal year. Despite property tax arrears amounting to an alarming ₹938.7 crore, excluding penal interest, the NMC’s enforcement actions appear insufficient. Although the civic body has begun auctioning properties to recoup long-overdue payments, the scale of these actions is too minimal to significantly reduce the arrears or deter further tax non-compliance. According to data, the NMC issued 13,224 recovery warrants aimed at collecting ₹126.35 crore. Of…